St Francis Xavier Primary School - Lake Cargelligo eNewsletter

Strengthen Catholic Identity - provide faith formation opportunities for all

Implementation of research-based practises to increase student achievement - participate in the G2GSA program to improve teaching and learning

Develop mutually enriching partnerships - increase family and community engagement through 'The Resilience Project' and other initiatives

Throughout the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Archbiship Christopher has inaugurated a Year of Walking Together. This theme reminds us that as Catholics and Christians we walk together with each other and Jesus Christ, as the disciples did.

Mary McKillop and St Francis Xavier spent their lives walking with Jesus, sharing the love of Jesus through their words and their actions. Let us walk together with Jesus in our families, our school and our communities this year.

The Risen Lord walked together with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, drawing them from anxiety to hope, from confusion to joy.

Jesus, centre of common Emmaus walk, with You alone to guide us, make Your home in our hearts.

Like Mary, guided by the Holy Spirit, may we walk together in united faith and love. Amen

Term 1

Wednesday, 15th February Yr 3-6 Swimming Trials

Wednesday, 22nd February Ash Wednesday Mass @ 2pm

Staff PD, First Aid and CPR

Thursday, 23rd February WR Swimming at Young

Friday, 24th February Opening School Mass @ 11.30am

March 15th to 24th NAPLAN

Thursday, 16th March National Close the Gap Day

Friday, 17th March St Patricks Day

Tuesday, 21st March Harmony Day

Friday, 24th March Art Show

Wednesday, 29th March Life Education Van

Thursday, 30th March Big Veggie Crunch

Thursday, 6th April Holy Thursday - Last Day of Term 1

Friday, 7th April Good Friday

School Mobile and Office Number - M: 0488 493 103 P: 02 6898 1611

Absentee notes/ notifications - When your child is absent from school please advise the school by either school phone, text on school mobile, written note sent into the office or class teacher or email to office or class teacher each day they are away. Unless we have a notification, your child will be marked absent.

Change of address/phone number - The School Office should be notified of any change to address or phone number immediately. Change of student information form will be sent home in the coming week - please return as soon as a possible.

Student Medical Information - Please provide the school with an updated Asthma plan if necessary or any other information regarding your child's medical or health needs.

Drop Off and pick up arrangements - Can families please be mindful of our bus zone at the front of the school. We ask families NOT to use the bus zone for drop offs or pick ups. This area is used by buses ONLY. Drop offs and pick ups should be using the Grace St (side gate) entrance. Please wait for your child at the gate and staff will let children out once families have been sited.

Bus Travel - Bus Travel is available for students. Applications online

Please ensure your child is not at school before 8.30am as there are no staff on duty until this time. Drop off after 8.30am and pick up at 3.10pm.

Thank you for supporting us in keeping your child safe.

We will be continuing our school mass celebrations this year. Please join us for these special liturgies in our Parish Church on the following days:-

* Friday 10th February @ 11.30am - Mass of the Day with students in Year 3/4/5/6 attending

* Friday 24th February @ 11.30am - Opening School Mass - all classes

* Wednesday 22nd @ 2pm - Ash Wednesday

* Friday 17th March @ 11.30am - all classes

* Friday 24th March @ 11.30am - all classes

Kindergarten News

Kinder is excited to have begun our Best Start testing with our very first day of school on Thursday! It's been lots of fun learning our school and class rules and catching up with friends. Stay tuned for lots of Kinder fun and photos in the next newsletter edition.

Year 1/2 News

Years 1/2 have hit the ground running this term. We’ve learnt new Maths card games and are very fast at working out all the different ways we can make the number 10 using 1, 2, 3, and 4 cards. Dominos have been a hit in Maths and the students have loved being able to create domino runs and match the numbers on the dominos.

We started our new Resilience Project on Wednesday, talking about gratitude and taking a walk around the school, pointing out things we are grateful for. Some of the responses the students gave included; the trees, School Bus, shade, garden, Library, plants, sandpit, Park, chalkboard, shops, water tank, friends and family, and the cricket pitch, just to mention a few. After coming back from our walk, we created a Gratitude Garden in the classroom, using flowers that the students wrote things they are grateful for on. These were then stuck up onto the window to create our Gratitude Garden.

We also took photos this week for the students first days and measured how tall they all were. We will take last day photos and remeasure how tall they are at the end of the year to see how much they change over the year.

We would love it if you can read with your children of an afternoon as their homework.

We cannot wait to spend this year getting to know and teach the future world changers!

Year 3/4/5 News

Year 6 (Yibaay) News

School Rules and expectations:

Kind Voice
Kind Words
Kind Actions

Mrs. Carters Classroom Rules and Expectations:

Students show respect and kindness towards their environment, others and themselves
Students show enthusiasm and engagement towards their learning, to better their academic skills, giving every opportunity a go
Unacceptable behaviour is not tolerated:
- Interruption to teaching and learning eg: constant talking
- Violent or abusive behaviour
- Disrespect
- Bullying
Students are responsible for their own actions and behaviour

Reading with your young children is one of the most valuable things you can do..... just 20 minutes a day helps develop their literacy, listening skills, questioning, imagination and a strong child/ carer bond. At St Francis we reward children for reading at home by presenting them with books once levels are reached. Each child will bring home a reading sheet that needs to be signed off after a book is read and returned to school.

Sports Days will be on a Friday each week. Sports uniforms can be worn on these days.

Each Friday we have the option of ordering lunch from Fisho's Hotbake. Please see lunch order list below.

Please pleace your order written on a lunch bag and ensure the correct money is included in the lunch bag. Lunch orders are to be given to Mrs Elwin or the teacher on duty Friday mornings before 9.00am.

SFX COMMUNITY COUNCIL will be holding our Annual General Meeting, followed by our General Meeting on Monday 11th March at 6.00pm in the staffroom.

All parents, carers and interested persons are most welcome to come along.
Items on the agenda include

- 2024 Fundraising

- 2024 school goals

- Changes to school uniforms

If you would like to add any items to the agenda or become a committee member, please let Rachael, Jacinta or Sharna Hayward (Chair Person) know. Thank you for
supporting our school.

When dropping off lunches to your child please remember NO child is allowed to leave the school ground to collect lunches. Lunch is 1.30pm, please have your child meet you at the front gate to collect. Again, thank you for helping us keep our children safe.

Reminder to bring glasses to school for those students who wear them.

Colorful simple fruit drawing. Perfect for children's illustration and teaching. 6521988 Vector Art at Vecteezy

Please remember to send fruit/vegetables or a healthy snack each day for our fruit breaks - two each day. Children need to be able to eat their snack independantly within five minutes.

The benefits of a fruit/vegetable in class include: Helping to build lifelong healthy eating habits and improvements to students' behaviour and ability to concentrate and learn in the classroom.

Our fruit breaks are at 10am and 12.30pm each day. The children can bring their own fruit to have or there will be a small variety of fruit to buy at school for $1.00 a peice.

Scholastic Book Club brochures have gone home and are due back on Friday 24th February 2023 and can be given to Mrs Elwin or order can be completed online. We hope you enjoy this issue and that it encourages a LOVE OF READING for your children!

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Zooper Doopers will be for sale again this term 2nd lunch for $1.00

Did you know that you can use your Back to School Vouchers at the uniform shop. If you haven't already, please register using the below link and bring a copy of your voucher (either printed or on your mobile device) and see the office staff who can assist you with the rest.

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-back-to-school-vouchers